Forgotten Harvest donating meals for tickets sold to Detroit boxing event
Salita Promotions is teaming up with the Detroit-based charity Forgotten Harvest to donate 10 meals to those in need for every ticket sold online to the โBig Time Boxing USAโ event on Tuesday, February 20, from Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit and streaming live on DAZN.
How Jackie Kallen broke barriers in the world of boxing
Jackie Kallen is often called the โFirst Lady of Boxing,โ but her reign of managing world champs didnโt begin with much fanfare. Kallenโs boxing career began during another barrier breaking role as a sports journalist in the 1970s. When she interviewed Tommy โThe Hitmanโ Hearns, Kallen fell in love with boxing. READ: How one woman is helping inspire students at Schoolcraft CollegeโJackie Kallen changed my life,โ McKart said. She had James โLights Outโ Toney and it was the hottest thing going.โโI knew from the beginning that he (McKart) would be a world champion.
Flint native Claressa Shields continues to make history in the boxing ring
Flintโs Claressa Shields is a boxing champion who has been making history for years. Shields was 17 years old when she became the first American woman to win gold in boxing in the 2012 Olympics. In just her second professional fight in 2017 Shields headlined the first womenโs boxing main event on premium cable. Unified middleweight champ in her 6th fight and unified super welterweight world champion in her 10th fight. Before she gets in the cage, sheโll step back into the ring in Flint as part of a boxing celebration on International Womenโs Day.
University of Michigan Boxing Club fights to survive after university pulls sponsorship
ANN ARBOR, Mich. โ Last March, the University of Michigan informed the Boxing Club that they would no longer be a sponsored sport. Despite their efforts to appeal, it looks like boxing will cease to exist on campus. The boxing club dates back to the 1940s and the modern iteration started back up in 1983. Itโs a club sport, not varsity -- meaning the university sponsors it and provides the space to train. The university said the boxing club can pursue status as a voluntary student organization, which would allow students to continue to box.
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program in Detroit hopes new van will help them do more -- Asks for your vote
DETROIT โ The Downtown Boxing Gym does more than just teach kids how to box. Itโs a nonprofit that provides high-risk children structure, tutoring and some lessons in the boxing ring. Sweeney said they own one van and rely on leases and grants for the eight other vans they operate. If they got another van, they could bring even more kids into the program. The gym is hoping a new van will help them do even more.